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name: "Wole Soyinka on silence"
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subtitle: "A.Word.A.Day's Thought for Today, on his birthday"
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date: 2026-07-13
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link: "https://wordsmith.org/words/arete.html"
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linkText: "wordsmith.org"
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source: "A.Word.A.Day"
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topics: [words-and-humor]
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tags: [quote, birthday, nobel-laureate]
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description: "A.Word.A.Day's Thought for Today, marking playwright and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka's birthday."
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"The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny." — Wole Soyinka, playwright, poet, and Nobel laureate, born 13 July 1934. It ran as A.Word.A.Day's "Thought for Today" on his birthday, tucked at the bottom of the day's word entry.
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